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Bent served on the court for the trial that led to the first execution by hanging in St. Louis. It was a murder case alleging that John Young killed his step-father George Gordon. Young was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. Young was hanged to death on
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land. To encourage white settlement, fund paying off debts incurred during the war, and to apportion rewards for veterans, the United States sold parts of the land to private land speculation companies who facilitated
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Company of Associates after serving with Putnam in the American Revolutionary War. Silas Sr., Putnam, and several other veterans founded the town of
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recommending Silas Bent to fill an open judge position on the
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in 1832, Charles Bent was appointed as the first territorial governor of New Mexico in 1846 during the U.S. invasion of Mexico in the
Mexican-American War.
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924:Reminiscences of the bench and bar of Missouri
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137:George Bent
104:Martha Kerr
1072:Categories
1031:2011-07-08
802:2014-10-28
571:References
545:expedition
419:in 1812).
368:Judgeships
288:After the
272:Postmaster
253:James Kerr
209:Early life
187:New Mexico
162:James Kerr
159:(grandson)
154:(grandson)
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67:1768-04-04
596:Citations
561:St. Louis
519:Owl Woman
489:fur trade
362:St. Louis
132:Owl Woman
128:Relatives
122:Silas III
47:1817–1821
43:In office
322:Marietta
284:Surveyor
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